Stoyko Sakaliev

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Personal information
Stoyko Sakaliev
Full name	Stoyko Marinov Sakaliev
Date of birth	25 March 1979 (1979-03-25) (age 29)
Place of birth	Burgas, Bulgaria
Height	1.80m
Playing position	Striker
Club information
Current club	PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv
Number	7
Youth clubs
1990-1995	Chernomorets
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1996-2003 2004-2007 2007-	PFC Naftex PFC CSKA Sofia → PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv (loan)	136 (48) 50 (26)
National team²
2004	Bulgaria	4 (0)
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of August 15, 2007. ² National team caps and goals correct as of August 15, 2007. * Appearances (Goals)

Stoyko Sakaliev (Bulgarian: Стойко Маринов Сакалиев) (born 25 March 1979) is a Bulgarian footballer who, as of 2006, is playing for Bulgarian club PFC Lokomotiv Plovdiv as a striker. He has also represented the Bulgaria national football team.

Sakaliev was born in Sofia. His first team was Naftex Burgas, where he rose to prominence as a quality forward, but he also spent some time on loan at Naftex Burgas. He was first loaned to CSKA Sofia during 2004, but bought in the summer of 2005.

He is one of the supporters' favourites because he often shows his support for CSKA in public, most often by showing his CSKA fanshirt under his playing shirt after scoring a goal. Sakaliev has also scored some beautiful goals for CSKA - on his debut, he scored a bicycle-kick goal against Slavia Sofia and against Steaua he got the ball into the back of the net with a powerful volley.

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